Kathlyn Vivian DRAKE5,1,2,6,7,3
17th Jan 19161,2,3 - 7th Jan 19874,1,2,3
Life History
17th Jan 1916 |
Born in Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas.1,2,3 |
11th Apr 1936 |
Married Dwight Laughlin EPPERSON in Grapevine, Dallas, Texas.8 |
1963 |
Resident SSN issued in Alabama 1963 in Alabama.2 |
7th Jan 1987 |
Died in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina.4,1,2,3 Cause of death brain tumor |
after 7th Jan 1987 |
Buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina.4,3 |
Notes
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Nickname Brownie
When she was little she was dark skinned, like with a tan and probably like me tanned even more when in the sun. Sooooo, from that, one of her Aunts, can’t remember which one, started calling her “Brown Baby. So for a while it was Brown Baby and from that it went to Brownie. I guess when she was no longer a “Baby” they couldn’t call her Brown Baby so started calling her Brownie. I never heard any of her family call her Kathlyn or anything other than Brownie.
-- Jimmy Epperson, http://epperson.eppygen.org/FamilyTree/NI0002.htm
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Kathlyn was enumerated with her parents and siblings in the 1920 census. They were living in the town of Lockhart, in Caldwell County, where she was born. She was 3 years and 11 months old at the time of the census. All her siblings except the oldest brother Henry Butler Drake, are still in the household.
1920 Federal Census, Caldwell County, Texas, 4 February, Lockhart, District 52, page 37B, Commerce St, Hse #829, Fam #863
Drake, John G Head Rents M W 49 TX TN TX Salesman, Cotton Seed
Drake, Sallie Wife F W 46 TX KY KY
Drake, Clint Son M W 24 TX TX TX
Drake, Fain F W 20 TX TX TX
Drake, Leonard Son M W 17 TX TX TX
Drake, Evelyn F W 11 TX TX TX
Drake, Kathlyn F W 3yrs 11mos TX TX TX
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1937, p 146
Epperson Dwight L (Kathlyn V) (The collegiate) h 2018 Main
Epperson Jas T (The collegiate) r 2018 Main
My cousin Jimmy Epperson gives the full names and information on this family at the following website: http://genealogy.eppytx.com/FamilyTree/F003.htm (This site is no longer onilne and has been replaced by a different site, but the new web genealogy does not have the Drake family members, on Kathlyn.)
The family's full names:
John Gentry Drake = Sallie Johnson Butler
Henry Butler (not in the 1920 census)
John Clinton
Mary Fain
William Leonard
Francis [sic] Evelyn
Kathlyn Vivian
Information on Kathlyn's children with Dwight Epperson is reported on Jimmy Epperson's genealogy.
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Dwight Laughlin Epperson
Born March 02, 1916 at Cleburne, Johnson Co. Tx
Died February 02, 1997 at Pickens, SC
Father James Troy (Big Pop) Epperson
Mother Trudie Zelma Chapel
Additional Spouses: Betty Westmoreland
Wife Kathlyn Vivian Drake
Born January 17, 1916 at Lockhart, Caldwell Co. TX
Died January 07, 1987 at Pickens, SC
Father John Gentry Drake
Mother Sallie Johnson Butler
CHILDREN
Mari Lynn Epperson
Spouse George W. Pearson
Dwight Evan Epperson
Spouse Shirley Ann Harrison
Emma Jo Epperson
Spouse Rufus Herman Spivey
Trudie Evelyn Epperson
Spouses Warren Edmond Oliver
James Drake Epperson
Spouses Susan Anita Childs
-- Jimmy Epperson, http://epperson.eppygen.org/FamilyTree/F002.htm
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Kathlyn Vivina [Vivian?] “Brownie” Drake Epperson
BIRTH 1916 Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, USA
DEATH Jan 1987 (aged 70-71) Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina
Parents:
John Gentry Drake 1871-1920
Sallie Butler Drake 1873-1943
Spouse Dwight Laughlin Epperson 1916-1997
Siblings:
Henry Butler Drake 1894-1951
John Clinton Drake 1896-1972
Mary Fain Drake Brewster 1899-1951
William Leonard Drake 1902-1987
Frances Evelyn Drake Smith 1909-2003
Daughter Mari Lynn Epperson Pearson 1937-2016
Created by dora brown 27 Sep 2013
-- Find A Grave Memorial 117708667, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117708667/kathlyn-vivina-epperson
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Sources
- 1. Epperson Genealogy
- Name: Jimmy Epperson;
- Dwight Laughlin Epperson. Kathlyn Vivian Drake, http://epperson.eppygen.org/FamilyTree/F002.htm
- 2. Social Security Death Index
- 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- J Epperson, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=eppy&id=I002&ftm=1
- 5. 1920 Federal Census, Caldwell County, Texas
- 4 February, Lockhart, District 52, page 37B, Commerce St, Hse #829, Fam #863
- 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1937, p 146
- 7. Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
- 8. Ancestry Trees
- J Epperson, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=eppy&id=I608&ftm=1
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